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Conservation of energy isn’t just a good idea: It is the law. In particular, it is the first law of thermodynamics. But, apparently, a lot of people don’t really get that because history is replete ...

The greatest – and last – question that will ever be asked is, “How can the net amount of entropy of the universe be massively decreased”. It follows then, that the worst – and possibly first – ...

Editors note: This story has been updated to properly credit the concept of the gigan to the poet Ruth Ellen Kocher. Eliot White sees poetry in the impossible, beauty in failure and the infinite in ...